politics

If the President can call anyone he wants a terrorist and have that person whisked away to be renditioned in an El Salvadoran prison without due process, how long will it be before this is happening to political opponents? 

I’m not saying Trump would do that (although I wouldn’t put it past him) - but i do believe it’s a very slippery slope that will end up with innocent Americans in foreign prisons. 

MAGA folks like to say “It’s only happening to illegal immigrants!”. Ok, if that’s the case, why don’t they just prove it? Allowing the Trump admin to keep it a secret just further makes this easier to be weaponized against political opponents or anyone else in America. It’s an absolutely frightening precedent to set.

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

—Martin Niemöller

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

—Martin Niemöller

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists